Category Archives: Poverty

Inspired by love and anger, disturbed by need and pain, informed of God’s own bias we ask him once again: “How long must some folk suffer? How long can few folk mind? How long dare vain self interest turn prayer … Continue reading →

Over the last few years since the MP’s expenses scandal the public have become more and more aware of how MP’s look upon their job as part of a political cash cow. The current annual salary for an MP is … Continue reading →

Something from a blog called ‘Everyday Liturgy’: Church Detox by Thomas In the matter of a month I have wound down from leading a small group, playing drums, writing prayers and directing communion much of the time at a church … Continue reading →

Over the summer (we had one at some point apparently in the UK) I have been reading a lot of stuff written by George Orwell chronologically. I am nearing the end of ‘Animal Farm’, and I am stunned to see … Continue reading →

I am currently reading George Orwell’s ‘Coming up for Air’. In it he writes this: “It struck me that perhaps a lot of the people you see walking about are dead. We say that a man’s dead when his heart … Continue reading →

from God and Politics in the UK by Gillan @ God and Politics in the UK Back in November of last year Bob Diamond, the chief executive of Barclays, delivered the inaugural Radio 4 Today Business Lecture. This is part … Continue reading →

Imagining the Lectionary: Going Underground (Easter 2B) from visualtheology The Jam’s great 1980 hit "Going Underground" is an edgy, powerful and raw indictment both of a society which fails to challenge and stand out against the values and decisions of … Continue reading →